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fit verb Past tense and past participle of fight.
1861 Poteet CW Letters (Aug 7) they fit one hole day they only kiled about 5 hundred of our men. 1908 Smith Reconnaissances 406 Such uncomplimentary nicknames are not uncommon in that region, especially among the numerous Walker family, whose great ancestor “had fit with Gin’ra Jackson at New Orleans.” 1939 Hall Coll (Sugarlands TN) He hadn’t fit none of the time. 1953 Atwood Verbs East US 14 Several instances [of fit] may be noted along the Upper Ohio and throughout n. W.Va. In the area south of the Kanawha, including s.w. Va. and w. N.C., this form is nearly universal in Type I [i.e. older speakers having little formal education] and has considerable currency in Type II [i.e. younger speakers having more formal education] as well; in most communities in w. N.C. fit is used by both older and younger informants. 2009 Burton Beech Mt Man 103 “Did you ever fight any of her people?” “No,” [he] said, “I never fit a Hicks.”